Surah Al-Waqi'ah – The Inevitable

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Izaa waqa'atil waaqi'ah

When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,

لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ

Laisa liwaq'atihaa kaazibah

Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.

خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ

Khafidatur raafi'ah

(Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا

Izaa rujjatil ardu rajjaa

When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا

Wa bussatil jibaalu bassaa

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,

فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا

Fakaanat habaaa'am mumbassaa

Becoming dust scattered abroad,

وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ

Wa kuntum azwaajan salaasah

And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.

فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Fa as haabul maimanati maaa as haabul maimanah

Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be the Companions of the Right Hand?

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

Wa as haabul mash'amati maaa as haabul mash'amah

And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ

Wassaabiqoonas saabiqoon

And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ

Ulaaa'ikal muqarraboon

These will be those Nearest to Allah:

فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Fee Jannaatin Na'eem

In Gardens of Bliss:

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Sullatum minal awwaleen

A number of people from those of old,

وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

Wa qaleelum minal aa khireen

And a few from those of later times.

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ

'Alaa sururim mawdoonah

(They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),

مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ

Muttaki'eena 'alaihaa mutaqabileen

Reclining on them, facing each other.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

Yatoofu 'alaihim wildaa num mukkhalladoon

Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),

بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ

Bi akwaabinw wa abaareeq, wa kaasim mim ma'een

With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains:

لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ

Laa yusadda'oona 'anhaa wa laa yunzifoon

No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

Wa faakihatim mimmaa yatakhaiyaroon

And with fruits, any that they may select:

وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

Wa lahmi tairim mimmaa yashtahoon

And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.

وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ

Wa hoorun'een

And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,-

كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

Ka amsaalil lu'lu'il maknoon

Like unto Pearls well-guarded.

جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Jazaaa'am bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

Laa yasma'oona feehaa laghwanw wa laa taaseemaa

Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,-

إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا

Illaa qeelan salaaman salaamaa

Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Wa as haabul yameeni maaa as haabul Yameen

The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Right Hand?

فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ

Fee sidrim makhdood

(They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns,

وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ

Wa talhim mandood

Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,-

وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ

Wa zillim mamdood

In shade long-extended,

وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ

Wa maaa'im maskoob

By water flowing constantly,

وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ

Wa faakihatin kaseerah

And fruit in abundance.

لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ

Laa maqtoo'atinw wa laa mamnoo'ah

Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,

وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

Wa furushim marfoo'ah

And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.

إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ

Innaaa anshaanaahunna inshaaa'aa

We have created (their Companions) of special creation.

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا

Faja'alnaahunna abkaaraa

And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا

'Uruban atraabaa

Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Li as haabil yameen

For the Companions of the Right Hand.

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Sullatum minal awwa leen

A (goodly) number from those of old,

وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

Wa sullatum minal aakhireen

And a (goodly) number from those of later times.

وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ

Wa as haabush shimaali maaa as haabush shimaal

The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?

فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ

Fee samoominw wa hameem

(They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water,

وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ

Wa zillim miny yahmoom

And in the shades of Black Smoke:

لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ

Laa baaridinw wa laa kareem

Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

Innaahum kaanoo qabla zaalika mutrafeen

For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),

وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Wa kaanoo yusirroona 'alal hinsil 'azeem

And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Wa kaanoo yaqooloona a'izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa izaaman'ainnaa lamab'oosoon

And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Awa aabaaa'unal awwaloon

"(We) and our fathers of old?"

قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ

Qul innal awwaleena wal aakhireen

Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,

لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

Lamajmoo'oona ilaa meeqaati yawmim ma'loon

"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ

summa innakum ayyuhad daaalloonal mukazziboon

"Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood!-

لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ

La aakiloona min shaja rim min zaqqoom

"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.

فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

Famaali'oona minhal butoon

"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,

فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Fashaariboona 'alaihi minal hameem

"And drink Boiling Water on top of it:

فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

Fashaariboona shurbal heem

"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"

هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen

Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!

نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaw laa tusaddiqoon

It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ

Afara'aytum maa tumnoon

Do ye then see?- The (human Seed) that ye throw out,-

ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

'A-antum takhluqoo nahooo am nahnul khaaliqoon

Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?

نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen

We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

'Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi'akum fee maa laa ta'lamoon

from changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms) that ye know not.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wa laqad 'alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon

And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do ye not celebrate His praises?

أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ

Afara'aytum maa tahrusoon

See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

'A-antum tazra'oonahooo am nahnuz zaari'ooon

Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ

Law nashaaa'u laja'al naahu hutaaman fazaltum tafakkahoon

Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be left in wonderment,

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

Innaa lamughramoon

(Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

"Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labour)"

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ

Afara'aytumul maaa'allazee tashraboon

See ye the water which ye drink?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

'A-antum anzaltumoohu minal muzni am nahnul munziloon

Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?

لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ

Law nashaaa'u ja'alnaahu ujaajan falaw laa tashkuroon

Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why do ye not give thanks?

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ

Afara'aytumun naaral latee tooroon

See ye the Fire which ye kindle?

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

'A-antum anshaatum shajaratahaaa am nahnul munshi'oon

Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?

نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

Nahnu ja'alnaahaa tazkira tanw wa mataa'al lilmuqween

We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fasabbih bismi Rabbikal 'azeem

Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!

۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ

Falaa uqsimu bimaawaa qi'innujoom

Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ

Wa innahoo laqasamul lawta'lamoona'azeem

And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,-

إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ

Innahoo la quraanun kareem

That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable,

فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ

Fee kitaabim maknoon

In Book well-guarded,

لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

Laa yamassuhooo illal mutahharoon

Which none shall touch but those who are clean:

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Tanzeelum mir Rabbil'aalameen

A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

Afabihaazal hadeesi antum mudhinoon

Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?

وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ

Wa taj'aloona rizqakum annakum tukazziboon

And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ

Falaw laaa izaa balaghatil hulqoom

Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ

Wa antum heena'izin tanzuroon

And ye the while (sit) looking on,-

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa laakil laa tubsiroon

But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

Falaw laaa in kuntum ghira madeeneen

Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-

تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Tarji'oonahaaa in kuntum saadiqeen

Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?

فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

Fa ammaaa in kaana minal muqarrabeen

Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ

Farawhunw wa raihaa nunw wa jannatu na'eem

(There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights.

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Wa ammaaa in kaana min as haabil yameen

And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,

فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Fasalaamul laka min as haabil yameen

(For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the Companions of the Right Hand.

وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Wa ammaaa in kaana minal mukazzibeenad daaalleen

And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go wrong,

فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ

Fanuzulum min hameem

For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.

وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ

Wa tasliyatu jaheem

And burning in Hell-Fire.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Inna haaza lahuwa haqqul yaqeen

Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fasabbih bismi rabbikal 'azeem

So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.